Napalys Alminauskas

Napalys Alminauskas (4 October 1906-23 February 1943) was a Soviet partisan leader from Lithuania during World War II.

Biography
Napalys Alminauskas was born on 4 October 1906 in Senieji Trakai, Russian Empire (now in Lithuania), and he worked at a lumber mill in the nearby forest. Alminauskas lived in peace until Nazi Germany occupied Lithuania in 1941, and Alminauskas decided to join the Soviet partisans against the German occupation. Alminauskas was one of the leaders of the 1943 Soleczniki uprising, but the spirited rebellion was put down by the SS. On 23 February 1943, Alminauskas and many other partisans were executed by firing squad and pushed into a mass grave.